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Article: Salinity, temperature and turbidity structure in the Suva lagoon, Fiji.(Report)
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- American Journal of Environmental Sciences
- Article date:
- August 1, 2008
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INTRODUCTION
Fiji is an island group located in the Pacific Ocean between latitudes 15 S-22[degrees]C S and longitudes 177[degrees]C W-175[degrees]C E. All major economic activities are based on its two main islands of which Viti Levu is the largest in size (10 388 [km.sup.2]) and population (>75% of total population) and hosts the capital city of Suva as shown in Fig. 1. The city of Suva is home to nearly a quarter of the population of Fiji (1) thereby placing a lot of anthropogenic pressure on its lagoon.
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The salinity, temperature and turbidity are some important parameters which are continuously changing with the seasons ...
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